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 left:ISS010-E-9287 Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov Howland Island This small piece of land has only a size of 1,6 kmē and on its highest point the island rises only 3 m above sealevel. The island was once, at least occosionally, inhabited by polynesian people, this is proved by several ancient stone pavements resp. stoney enclosures of former plantations. In the years between 1859 to 1878 Howland Island was a place for very lucrative guano exploitation. The native flora is very species-poor, and one species, Te Kanawa (Cordia subcordata), was probably brought to the island by the former polynesian settlers. |
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| above: A small colony of Masced Boobies (Sula dactylatra personata) on Howland Island. Photo: JoAnn Schwartz; by courtesy of JoAnn Schwartz http://www.flickr.com/photos/72923065@N00 |
| Flora of Howland
Island (almost complete) (green = pictures) Boerhavia tetrandra, Cordia subcordata, Heliotropium foertherianum, Lepturus repens, Portulaca lutea, Tribulus cistoides |
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